newton hopkins



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TIE FOR SALES AND PAGKAGES.

No. 326,563. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

A A A A ATTORNEY 1 UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

I. NEWVTON HOPKINS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TIE FOR BALES AND PACKAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,563, datedSeptember 22, 1885.

Application filed July 2, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I. NEWTON HOPKINS, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Ties for Bales and Packages, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming apart thereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fastener.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener applied to a tape. Fig. 3is a side elevation of a modified form of the fastener shown in Fig. 1.

My invention consists of a wire bent twice at right angles, and havingformed upon the extremities-thereof pointed hooks capable of engagingthe meshes of the tape or band in connection with which the fastener isused.

My improved fastener may be used in connection with an ordinary tape fortying bundles and bales of small dimensions, and may be used inconnection with a band of webbing for tying larger bales, and when it'is desirable to use more than two hooked points two or more of thefasteners may be twisted together.

A wire bent twice at right angles with the armsAAparallel with eachother, has hooked points a formed upon the extremities of these arms,one point upon each arm, and both turned in the same direction. The part1), connecting the two arms A A, may be of a length corresponding to thewidth of tape in connection with which the fastener is used. Thefastener is applied to the tape by inserting the hooks first and thenpushing the arms A A through the tape until the tape is drawn againstthe part b. The fasteneris applied to a bale or package by wrapping thetape B around the bundle and bringing the free end thereof intoengagement with the pointed hooks am, so that the said hooks enter themeshes of the tape.

When it is desired to use more than two pointed hooks a a two fasteners,formed in the manner already described, are twisted together at c, asshown in Fig. 3. The fastener thus formed is applied to the tape or bandin (No model.)

the same manner as the fastener shown in Fig. 1.

The invention herein described is an 1m- .provement upon the device forwhich Letters formed on one or both of its ends series of hooks. In mypresent invention, instead of employing a plate upon which series ofhooks are formed, I make the body and hooks of the fastener entirely ofwire. In my former patent, No. 312,637, I employed a plate having formedon one or both of its ends series of sharp-pointed hooks for engagingthe meshes of tape or band employed in connection with the fastener. Inmy present invention I do not use a plate, but form the hooks and bodyof the fastener integrally of one or two pieces of wire, therebyproducing the device which differs materially from that secured by myformer patent. The present invention is adapted for use in connectionwith paper bands and with tape of closer texture than can be used inconnection with my former invention. In view'of these differences ofconstruction .and of application I believe that my improvement possessessufficient novelty to entitle me to a patent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a tie-fastener formed of awire bent twice at right angles and having pointed hooks formed upon theextremities thereof, substantially as herein specified.

2. The combination,with a fastener formed of a wire bent twice at rightangles and having pointed hooks formed on the extremities thereof, of atape or band, B, received on'the parallel arms of the fastener,substantially as herein described.

I. NEWTON HOPKINS.

Witnesses:

DAVID K. CASE, GEO. M. HOPKINS.

